Dolby versus Roku - lawsuit pending

[speechles 2055]

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/dolby-sues-roku-over-technology-streaming-software-2024-08-01/

Roku has cheated Dolby out of profits and inflated its own stock value over the stock of Dolby. Share holders are losing value. Dolby has filed a lawsuit and basically Roku has 21 days to reply (4 have gone already). So far Roku has not responded.

Roku is on the losing end of this and I am sure Dolby has tried every avenue it could before resorting to the lawsuit. Maybe Roku will just cave and settle the case. Maybe Roku intends to fight this and has some legal loophole where it can justify hundreds of millions of infringements? The largest thing to read is the part below.

The lawsuit said that Roku's streaming platform accounted for nearly $3 billion of its annual revenue in 2023.

3 billion is a big number for just one year. No mention of previous years losses. This may turn into an interesting battle of IP.

Anyone know more on this?

Edited August 5, 2024 by speechles

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29 minutes ago, speechles said:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/dolby-sues-roku-over-technology-streaming-software-2024-08-01/

Roku has cheated Dolby out of profits and inflated its own stock value over the stock of Dolby. Share holders are losing value. Dolby has filed a lawsuit and basically Roku has 21 days to reply (4 have gone already). So far Roku has not responded.

Roku is on the losing end of this and I am sure Dolby has tried every avenue it could before resorting to the lawsuit. Maybe Roku will just cave and settle the case. Maybe Roku intends to fight this and has some legal loophole where it can justify hundreds of millions of infringements? The largest thing to read is the part below.

The lawsuit said that Roku's streaming platform accounted for nearly $3 billion of its annual revenue in 2023.

3 billion is a big number for just one year. No mention of previous years losses. This may turn into an interesting battle of IP.

Anyone know more on this?

This is not expected at all and I am having trouble reading that site as it "thinks" I have an ad blocker but I have none for any Reuters site. But I also think Roku should use at least one of Gibb's rules. Namely: Rule #13: "Never ever involve lawyers." 

But it surprises me that Roku would take any chances with licensing or infringement as costs can get passed on to their users so there is no net loss from licensing fees. 

I detest lawyers and this feels a bit like Dolby trying to make more money as if they are not already rich enough.
Shakespeare is correct about how to make a good start with lawyers.  

I will keep an eye/ear/spleen open for more info but, so far, i find nothing.